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MEMORANDUM BOOK.

"Patented Feb; 4, 1896.

Vega/07: dd /m NrrEn STEPHEN S. NEWTON,

MEMORANDUM-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,194, dated February 4, 1896.

Application filed April 13, 1895. Serial No. 545,612. (No specimens.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, STEPHEN S. NEWTON, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Memorandum- Books; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to memorandumbooks; and its novelty consists in the construction and adaptation of the parts, as will be more specifically hereinafter pointed out.

It has long been desirable to have in connection with a memorandum-book some form of pocket or inclosing device wherein could be placed small loose sheets, newspaper clippings, postage-stamps, cards, and similar fiat articles; but usually when pockets have been added to such books they have been attached to and made to form part of the cover, so that their manufacture became expensive. The object of my device is to accomplish this same result by a simple and inexpensive addition to the ordinary memorandum-book.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device, showing the pocket or envelope open and Fig. 2 isa similar view showing it closed.

In the drawings, A is a memorandum-book of the usual oblong form and consisting of a cover 0 and leaves L, secured together by central stitching in the usual manner.

E is an envelope or pocket consisting, in the form illustrated, of a back piece, 6, two side pieces or flaps, e and 6 and two end pieces or flaps, e and 6 all made in one piece and suitably creased, as at f, 1, f and f so that the flaps may be folded readily and accurately. One of these creases, f is made coincident with the central fold of the book, so that it may be secured thereto by the same stitches, or if other means are employed by such means.

Inside of the envelope E may be secured leaves, as B, of paper coated with some ma terial insoluble in water, so as to fit them for the reception of postage-stamps and similar articles wholly or partly coated with adhesive material, or the envelope may be left empty.

The advantages of my invention are obvious. The envelope is a convenient receptacle for many small things which would otherwise quickly become lost. It is very inexpensive to make, consisting, as it does, of but one piece of folded paper, and the method of securing it within the book, by utilizing the means employed to fasten the book itself together, involving, as it does, the slightest possible outlay, affords, at the same time, the best security.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new is- The combination of a memorandum-book composed of a number of leaves fastened together so as to fold, a receptacle formed of the back piece 6 having flaps at all of its edges to form a completely-closed pocket and secured between the leaves along the line of fold by the same means that fasten the leaves together, and non-adhesive sheets within the pocket also secured by the means that fasten the leaves together, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 1

STEPHEN S. NEWTON.

lVitnesses:

WM. M. ERNST, WM. RAIMOND BAIRD. 

